Video Conferencing: Description and Uses
Video conferencing is the application of audio and visual technology that enables multiple users to interact with each other in real time. This makes people far away from each other able to speak together and see each other as if they were in one location. Conversations in video teleconference services appear more realistic and natural than conversations done over the phone or through chat, for facial expressions, body movements, and illustrations (like visual aids) could be seen by everyone.
Each participant in a video conference should have these minimum requirements: a PC, a microphone (to assure audible voice transmission), a webcam (for image transmission), and a fast broadband Internet connection (‘fast’ is a requirement – to avoid pixelated images and choppy voices).
The development of video conference services was already underway even in the 1950s-60s, but for it to take off and become available to the public at large, it had to wait for high-speed Internet connections, affordable webcams, and mass production of computers, which are realized just recently. Today, companies are on the pursuit of faster, cheaper, and more accessible teleconference techniques; there are even free teleconference services available on the Internet.
Video conferences are increasingly being used in different industrial and social sectors. Businesses can save plenty of time, travelling money, and housing costs by conducting meetings through teleconferences.
Teleconferences can also uphold an ideal of professionalism, empathy, and friendship by making people see each other face-to-face. Teleconferences also enable many businesspeople to deal with valuable contacts while travelling, through laptops or even through mobile phones. In education, video conferences have allowed students to study lessons even in the confines of their room while maintaining personal contact with the teachers; in fact, video conferencing has given birth to the modern online college degree.
Other benefits of using video conferencing are the following: (1) It could reach remote locations and/or areas with small populations, and therefore allows a diversity of inputs within an issue. (2) It allows people with differing points of view or with disabilities to participate in public policy without needing to travel far. (3) Video conferences, especially those ran with free teleconference services, could summon more participants to offer their points of view on an important topic or agenda, especially those who do not join public meetings because of inconvenience or adverse weather conditions.
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